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B. P. PPLUEGER. LUMINOUS ATTACHMENT FOR HARNESS.

No. 254,841; Patented Mar.14,18 82.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ERNEST F. PFLUEGER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

LUMINOUS ATTACHMENT FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,841, dated March 14, 1882.

V Application filed November 10,1881. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEsT F. PFLUEGER, ofAkron, in the county ofSummit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Luminous Attachments for Horses, of

harness, preferably a part of the bridle, or a thin metailic plate or other similar surface adapted to be attached to the bridle or harness, with a substance that shall be luminous in the dark.

It will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a horses head bearinga bridle, and

Figs. 2, 3, and 4 exhibit the front, edge, and

back of an attachable plate.

The material used should be in the form of a paint, and may be either self luminous, as phosphoric compositions, or luminous by an inherent retentive power, whereby, after having been exposed to light, it remains luminous for hours afterward. The luminous compound which I propose commonly to employ for this purpose is a paint or varnish composed of sulphide of calcium as a base, and a vehicle consisting of any siecatlve oil or paint varnish;

but any otherluminous or phosphorescent material or compound may be used. This may be applied directly to a part of the harness,

provided with loops or other suitable device for connecting them with the bridle, and the outer surface coated with the luminous material. They may be then attached to the front of the bridle, as A, Fig. 1 and as rosettes B, Fig. 1, thus atibrding large luminous spots, easily discernible in the darkness.

I claim as my invention- 1. A plate of metal or other suitable material provided with devices for attaching it to the bridle or harness of a horse, and coated with a paint composed of sulphide of calcium and a siccative oil or paint varnish, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. A new article of manufacture consisting of a plate of metal or other suitable material adapted to be attached" to the bridle or harness of a horse, and covered with a substance which is luminous in the darkness, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

ERNEST F. PFLUEGER.

Witnesses 1 W. STUART, 0.1 HUMPHREY. 

